Design Procedure Power Solution
This power management platform includes a cradle, ear-
buds, and a power delivery path.
Step 1: Select Power Delivery Solution
For TWS applications, the cradle needs to supply power
to the earbuds. At the same time, it is necessary to
communicate between the two to realize the message
exchange and the real-time battery state update. Since
the size and cost are significantly important in the TWS
solutions, 1-Wire dual-port link IC-DS2488 is selected
to meet the design requirement. DS2488 provides a
cost-effective solution for the power transfer and com-
munication between the TWS cradle and earbuds. It is
a simple bridge device with a single dedicated contact
on each side of the bridge which enables power delivery
for the battery charging, small message exchange, and
the state reporting between two microcontroller-based
subsystems.
Step 2: Select Cradle Power Management
Solution
The cradle obtains power from USB and outputs 5V for
1-Wire charging. The 3.15A USB Type-C autonomous
charger, MAX77751, charges the 1-Cell Li+ battery
on the cradle side. The battery is monitored by the
MAX17262, which is an ultra-low power fuel-gauge IC
with integrated internal current sensing function. The
system requires two extra power rails: 3.3V and 5V.
The 3.3V power rail is generated by a buck convert-
er MAX38640. It provides power for microcontroller
MAX32655, as well as the OLED panel. The 5V power
rail is generated by a boost converter MAX17224 from
3.3V. It provides 5V stable power supply for the earbuds
via 1-Wire.
Step 3: Select Earbuds Power Management
Solution
The cradle delivers power to the earbuds through
DS2488 and charges the battery on the earbud side.
The MAX98050 needs 1.8V and 1.2V analog power
supplies and 3.3V, 1.8V and 1.2V digital power supplies.
The MAX32655 needs 3.3V digital power supply. The
MAX77734 integrates a linear-mode Li+ battery charger,
low-dropout linear regulator (LDO), analog multiplexer,
and dual-channel current sink driver. The MAX77734
provides one 150mA LDO to power the MAX32655,
and the Single-Inductor Multiple-Output (SIMO) inte-
grated with the MAX32655 can provide power for the
MAX98050.
Step 4: Calculate Current Consumption
Here is the current consumption of the earbuds in nor-
mal operation mode (BLE turned off) when the system is
only powered by the batteries. The current consumption
of the MAX32655 excluding SIMO can be calculated as:
MCU Z
I 100MH 2.22mA
MH
= ×=
Here, 100MHz is the maximum frequency of the
MAX32655 with an average current of 22.2μA/MHz.
Thus, its maximum power is about 7.33mW when the
supply voltage is 3.3V.
The quiescent current with LDO enabled of the
MAX77734 is 18μA at 3.7V battery voltage, that is
75.6μW. The DS2488 only consumes 6μA at 3.3V in
active mode and the MAX17262 only consumes 16μA
at 3.7V battery voltage in active mode, so the total
power consumption of the DS2488 and the MAX17262
is 87μW. The MAX98050 full-scale playback power
is 31mW (32Ω Headphone). Since the MAX98050 is
powered by the MAX32655 SIMO output with 90% effi-
ciency, whole power consumption of the MAX98050 is
34.44mW. Thus, it can be assumed that the maximum
power consumption of the system is about 41.91mW. A
130mAh 3.7V battery can work for about 12 hours con-
tinuously to power the system.
Here is the current consumption of the cradle. The bat-
tery only quiescent current of the MAX77751 is 30μA
at 3.7V battery voltage, that is 111μW. The MAX17262
consumes 16μA at 3.7V battery voltage, which is
59.2μW. The quiescent supply current of the MAX17224
is 300nA at 3.3V output voltage, which is 0.99μW. The
quiescent supply current of the MAX38640 is 330nA at
3.3V input voltage, which is 1.01μW. The max power
of the MAX32655 excluding SIMO is about 7.33mW
when the supply voltage is 3.3V. The OLED module
VG-2832TSWUG01 is 0.33μW (100μA at VDD of 3.3V).
The consumption for the operation of the DS2488 via IOA
is 10μA at 5V, which is 50μW. Thus, it can be assumed
that the maximum power consumption of the system is
about 7.55mW. A 1500mAh 3.7V battery can work for
about 735 hours continuously to power the system.
Usually, there are two earbuds in the cradle. Given that
batteries on the cradle side and the earbud side are
charged to full and earbuds could not be charged when
the remaining battery capacity of the cradle is smaller
than 5%, the use time for one full charge of the whole
system battery life can be calculated as:
CRADLE BATTERY CAPAITY 95%
EARBUD BATTERY CAPCAITY 2
TIME CRADLE POWER CONSUMPTION
EARBUD POWER CONSUMPTION 2
(1500 95% 130 2)mAH 3.7V 68h
(7.55 41.91 2)mW
×
=
× +× ×
= ≈
+×
Thus, the whole of the TWS headset system can work
continuously for 65 hours (about 3 days) for one full
charge.
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